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IMPROVEMENT IN BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,297, dated August 26, 1562.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-1N K. Hamers, of Allensville, in the county of Switzerland and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Presses for Baling Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of my invention taken in the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same taken in the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, alhorizontal section of the same taken in the line ze, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a di- Ininished sectional elevation showing a modification of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

llhis invention consists in combining a follower with a system of levers, all constructed and arranged in such a4 manner that the follower may be made to serve the double purpose of a follower and a beater, the follower in the last-named capacity filling the pressboX and compacting the material to be compressed therein, so as to be in proper condition for the subsequent pressing operation of the follower. Y

4The invention is designed as an improve- 'ment on a press for which Letters Patent were granted to me bearing date August 20, 1861; and its believed that by the present improvement the same end is attained by more simple and efeient means than those shown in the patented press alluded to.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an ppright framing, which is composed of side pieces formed each of two vertical bars, a a, with a space, b, allowed between them, and B is a follower-'which works between said side pieces and within guidestrips c, attached thereto.

At the lower part of the upright framing A there is a press-box, C, which is formed by simply inclosing the lower part of said fraining, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

On the upper end of the follower B there 'are placed side by side two sliding bars, d d. These bars have a horizontal position, and are tted and work between guides e', as shown clearly in Fig. 3; and they have each a bar,

f, attached to them by a pivot, g, the upper ends of said bars being attached by a pivot, h, to a head, t', which is allowed to slide freelybetween two upright guides, jj, attached to the upper part of the follower at its center.

Vhen this head is drawn upward, the bars d d will, owing to the latter being connected to thefornier by the bars ff, be drawn inward, so that their outer ends will be'ilushwith the sides of the follower, and when the head t is framing A, and has a wheel, F, on its upper end, said wheel having a grooved periphery in which a segment-slide, G, is iitted loosely, and to which a cord or rope, H, is attached which passes underneath a pulley on the framing E, and over a pulley, J, on the top of the framing A, and ris connected to the sliding head t' of the follower B. rIhe segment-slide G has a projection, 7s, attached to it, and to the under side of the wheel F there is secured a radial arm, Z, which has a drop-catch, an, fitted in it.

To the framing E there is attached a pendant, n, having a double-beveled block, o, at its lower end. rIlhe wheel F and cord or rope II are designed to operate the follower B, when used as a beater to compact within the pressboX C the substance to be afterward compressed.

rlhe operation is follows: The horse or draftanimalis attached to asweep, I, which is connected to the shaft D, and said shaft and wheel being rotated, the slide G will be carried around with the wheel F`,i`n consequence of the catch m coming in contact with the projection 7c of slide G. The cord or rope H will therefore be wound around the wheel F and the follower B raised. The cord or rope, however, cannot be wound around the wheel Fmore than one revolution, as the lower end of the catch m will .come in contact with the beveled blocks o once in each revolution, and the upper end of said catch will thereby be thrown out from the projection 7c of the slide G and the latter re- 'former has'passed the block o.

leased, so that the follower B will fall by its own gravity and compact the substance within the box C. rlhe follower B, therefore, it will be seen, is operated automatically, the catch m engaging itself with the slide G as soon as the This arrangement of the slide G and catch m, however, is not new, substantially the same arrangement being shown in my former patented invention, previously alluded to.

J J are two levers, which are attached at their upper ends by fulcrum-pins q-oneto each side of the upright framing A. rlhe lower ends of the levers J J have ropes K K attached to them, which pass around pulleys 1 r at the lower part of the pressfbox C, and are attached to a rope, L, which is connected to a collar or sleeve, M, placed loosely on the lower part of shaft D, and made to turn therewith when required by means of a slide-catch, s, fitted in the sweep I.`

To each lever J there is connected by a hinge or joint, t, a pendent arm, N, the lower ends of which are fitted in slides O, placed between the vertical bars a a of the framing A. rIo each lever J there is also attached by a hinge or joint, a, 4a pendent bar, I). These bars l? are above the arms N N,and are designed for raising the levers, or, rather, for throwing outward the lower ends of the same. When the follower B is used asabeater, the levers J are 'drawn close to the framing A, so as to be in nearly a vertical position; but'when lthe press ing operation is to be performed, the lower ends of said levers are thrown outward from the framing by attaching the cord or rope H to the lower ends of the bars P, as shown in y red in Fig. 1, and the shaft D turned. Other means, however, may be employed for adjusting these levers. Vhen the levers J are thus thrown outward at their lower ends, the slides O will of course be raised, and as the head t of the follower B is left free, or has not the cord or rope H attached to it, .or if attached not under tension, the bars d d will be allowed to project outward from the follower, `so as to form bearing -surfaces for the lower ends of the slides O. rlhe sleeve or collar M on shaft D is then connected to the sweep I by adjusting `the slide-catch s, and the shaft D being then rotated, the cord or rope L will be Wound on the sleeve or collar M and the lower ends of the levers J J drawn toward the upright framing A, so that the arms N N will press down the slides O O, and the latter follower B, in consequence of bearingv on the ends of the bars d d. Thus by this simple arrangement it will be seen that the follower is made to perform the double function of a follower and beater and answer an admirable purpose. The press may be constructed at a very moderate cost, and it contains no parts liable to become deranged by use.

In Fig. 4, 4racks a', of curved form, are shown attached to the lower ends of the levers J J,

.with a pinion, b', gearing into them. The levers lmay be operated by this means equally as well as by the cords or ropes just described.

I do not therefore confine myself to any pan ticular means for operating `the levers.v

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The levers J J and arms N N, in connection with a follower and beater, B, arranged to operate as `and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The slides O O, connected with the arms N N of the levers J J, in connection with the sliding bars d d on the follower B, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOHN K. HARRIS.

' Witnesses:

"` WILSON B. HUsroN, DANIEL K,- Hamers.

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